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Reminder: it’s Glenwood Canyon I-70 mudslide closure season

Aug 2, 2023

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Colorado I-70 drivers are reminded that during the summer months, the highway through Glenwood Canyon may be closed on a moment’s notice due to flash-flood and mud/rockslide threats. When the highway closes, drivers will be detoured on a 220-mile, four-hour alternate route via Meeker, Craig and Steamboat Springs, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.…

U.S. 6 over Loveland Pass reopens after mudslide

Aug 1, 2021

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Hannah Metzger hannah.metzger@gazette.com

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. 6 over Loveland Pass was closed for several hours Sunday after a mudslide near Arapahoe Basin covered much of the roadway in mud and debris Saturday night, the Colorado Department of Transportation said. The popular mountain pass was expected to be closed all day…

The race to get residents electricity after Poudre Canyon mudslide

Jul 23, 2021

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Luis de Leon

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly 100 members who receive power from Poudre Valley REA, the electric utility that supplies power for people who live down the Poudre Valley into the area around the town of Rustic, are still without power as of Thursday night. The Chief Operating Officer of…

Mudslides close several Colorado highways, kill one

Jul 21, 2021

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Esteban Candelaria

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mudslides killed at least one and closed several highways throughout Colorado Tuesday and Wednesday as the state entered monsoon season. Drivers should prepare for road closures and other traffic-disrupting weather through at least next week, Colorado Department of Transportation officials said, as monsoonal rains that…

I-70 through Glenwood Canyon reopens after multiple mudslides

Jul 4, 2021

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Hannah Metzger hannah.metzger@gazette.com

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon reopened Sunday evening after multiple mudslides flowed onto the roadway Saturday afternoon, resulting in a more than 24-hour closure. All lanes of eastbound and westbound I-70 reopened at reduced speed by 4 p.m. Sunday, according to the Colorado Department of…

Mudslides close I-70 for second weekend in a row

Jul 3, 2021

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